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The Royal Government today confirmed the creation of the Norse armed forces. Comprising of land, sea and air assets, the military will be tasked with defending Norse territory, subjects and treaty partners. In the announcment, the King outlined a primarily martial focus of national development for the near future, with civil infrastructure development coming in a lower priority.

 

'The defence of this Kingdom is the primary focus of this Government, and until we have the forces required to defend our territory and people to the best of our ability, the Ministry of War shall receive the lions share of the national budget.' - HRH Frederik II

 

It is not known at this time the exact structure or size that is projected for the Norse military, but independent analyists speaking to Norse News believe it to be a primarily naval and and aerial based armed forces, with several brigades of ground forces. A spokesperson from the Ministry of War could not be contacted to verify these speculations. However, following the announcment, tens of thousands of young men have been signing up to the military.

 

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Army:

Total number: 144,000 soldiers

 

Grenadier Guards Division: 7,800 (Armoured)

Household Cavalry Division: 10,200 (Mechanized)

Reykjavik Division: 10,000 (Mechanized)

First Line Infantry Division: 6,000 (Mechanized)

Second Line Infantry Division: 6,000 (Mechanized)

Third Line Infantry Division: 6,000 (Mechanized)

Fouth Line Infantry Division: 6,000 (Mechanized)

 

The First Norse Armoured Brigade Combat Team- 5,000

The Second Norse Armoured Brigade Combat Team - 5,000

The Third Norse Armoured Brigade Combat Team - 5,000

The Fourth Norse Armoured Brigade Combat Team - 5,000

The First Norse CV90 Brigade Combat Team- 5,000

The Second Norse CV90 Brigade Combat Team - 5,000

The Third Norse CV90 Brigade Combat Team - 5,000

The Fourth Norse CV90 Brigade Combat Team - 5,000

 

First Royal Marine Commando Expeditionary Brigade: 12,000

Second Royal Marine Commando Expeditionary Brigade: 12,000

Third Royal Marine Commando Expeditionary Brigade: 12,000

 

First Royal Norse Parachute Division: 6,000

Second Royal Danish Parachute Division - 5,000

Third Royal Danish Parachute Division - 5,000

 

Airforce (Projected)

Total aircraft: 1,460

 

Bomber squadrons (10 planes to a squadron);

x3 B-2 Spirit

x5 B-1B Lancer

x5 B-52H

x5 Tu-160 Blackjack

 

Fighter/Strike aircraft Squadrons (10 planes to a squadron);

x21 F-15 Strike Eagle

x16 FA/18 Superhornet

x15 Typhoon

x15 F-14D

x10 EA/18 Growler

x10 F-22

x5 A-10 II Warthog

 

Marine Aviation (10 planes to a squadron)

x6 AV-8 Harrier II

x6 FA/18C

x6 F-35C

 

Navy (Projected)

Total Ships: 130

 

Aircraft Carriers:

x7 Nimitz Class Supercarrier

--Marine Aviation Wing Per Carrier:

x2 AV-8 Harrier II

x2 FA/18C

x2 F-35C

 

Amphibious Assault Ships:

x14 America Class Helicopter Carrier

x10 San Antonio Class Assault Ships

 

Battleships:

x10 (Iowa Class - to be decided)

 

Cruisers

x10 Ticonderoga Class Cruisers

 

Destroyers

x18 Arleigh Burke Destroyers

 

Frigates

x30 Shivalik-class

 

Corvettes

x24 Sa'ar 5 Class Corvettes

 

Submarines

x9 Virginia Class SSN

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Two proposals were presented to the Ministry of War for consideration for the role of fleet battleship.

 

Naval Development - Battleship re-activation program

Iowa Class Battleship - post 2014 overhaul.

 

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Removal of 5' guns, replaced with OTO Melara 76mm Super Rapid mounts.

Removal of 2nd forward 16in guns, replaced with VLS system (144 tubes)

Removal of RGM-84 Harpoon launchers, replaced with RIM-116 Launcher (3 mounts)

 

Introduction of modern sensor suite based on the existing 1991 system using fiber optic technology. (Strengthened to cope with the firing of the main 16in weaponry.

 

Future Battleship Development Project - Designers Proposal to the Ministry of War

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Specifications

 

Displacement: 40,000 tons standard / 52,000 tons maximum load

Length: 880'

Beam: 108'

Draft: 35'

Propulsion: 2x B2B Nuclear Reactors / 4 Electric Motors / 4 Screws

Speed: 33 Knots

Range: Unlimited

Compliment War: 1,000 / Peace: 750

Armament:

    6x 12"/55 cannons
    8x 76mm OTO Melara RF guns
    6x 20mm Phalanx CIWs
    192x Mark 57 missile cells
    4x RIM-116 Launchers (84 Missiles)

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Battleship Program - BB-X

 

The BB-X program is inspired by the last configuration of the Iowa Class battleship in 1991 before it was retired in the United States.

 

Using the hull of an Iowa Class battleship, there would be alot of space to work with once the new super structure was completed. The superstructure itself, whilst given a 'stealthy' design, would hide the ship no better than a camoflauge paint pattern. Whilst the armour on the super structure would be designed in addition to its shape, the angles, much like tank design, would better deflect certain smaller kinetic munitions to reduce damage, but would fair no better than a destroyer or a cruisers superstructure would if hit by an anti ship missile, anti ship ballistic missile or a cruise missile. It could be argued that the shape and design of the superstructure is simply aesthetic, pleasing to the eye.

 

Its sensor suite and electronics would be based on an Ticonderoga Class Cruiser, minus the AEGIS system due to the disruption caused by firing the 12" turrets at the fore and aft of the vessel. The requirement for such a powerful electronics suite is due to the multitude of weapons on board the ship from the big guns, to the Goalkeeper CIWS systems. The suite would keep track of all engaged and targetted hostiles that the vessel is interacting with, as well as providing and recieving data via data linking with other ships in the battlegroup. The downside of a totally digital weapons system is that the big guns cannot be used if the electronics on the BB-X is disrupted/destroyed due to a lack of a backup analogue firing system due to below deck space restrictions.

The positioning of the eight 76mm OTO Melara RF guns offer good coverage of the vessel in all directions for surface to surface supression and/or combat, as well as surface to air for hostiles. These guns can fire at a rate of 120 rounds per minute per gun, engaging both air and surface targets. The larger round allows for an increased engagement range over the CIWs weaponry. The CIWS systems, of which there are six, are positioned to offer 360' coverage of the vessel to shoot down any threats. The autonomous nature of the Goalkeeper CIWS means that is operates largely independently of the central electronics suite. Additional close range missile protection is provided by four RIM-116 launchers. These launchers are positioned at all sides of the ship, providing excellent all around firepower. The launcher can engage a variety of incoming anti-ship missiles out to 5.6 mi using its rolling airframe missiles.The system has thus far proven to be extremely effective in its intended role.

 

Preliminary research and experiments into a modern battleship armour belt proved to be too heavy for the ship, slowing it to an unacceptable speed. It would of come in the form of an improved version of an internal armored belt. The main belt is made up of armor up to 13" thick. Outside of this belt is a secondary layer of armor that provides a stand-off barrier. Between these layers is a void space that is honey-combed. This honey comb design increased structural strength over earlier internal belt designs. In addition, it solves the problem of water spilling into the void space, keeping damage contained within the affected cells while preserving the rest of the ship. Whilst that  proposal has not been ruled out, it has been shelved currently in favour of retaining the tradiational Iowa Class heavy armour belt using the same materials that is used to construct other modern warships.

 

The BB-X propulsion systems have been proposed around nuclear power. The power plant will two B2B nuclear reactors. B2B standing for Battleship, 2nd Generation, Bechtal Marine Propulsion. These reactors will generate steam which will power turbines. The tubrines then generate electricity which is sent throughout the ship by way of an integrated power system (IPS). Four Permanent Magnet Motors (PMM) each drive their own screw.

 

With a length of 880 feet, the new hull would be three feet longer than the traditional hull, but the draft and beam of the ship remain the same as the traditional hull.

 

--Design acceptance pending decision by the Ministry of War--

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A single C-130 Hercules with a contingent of sixty four men belonging to the First Norse Parachute Division would fly to Jan Mayen island in the Arctic ocean. With them, they would jump onto the island with enough supplies to last them a month, several radios, lots of ammunition and a mission. To claim the island for the Kingdom.

 

Following this move, a freighter would leave Iceland filled with researchers, several Government administrators, military equipment and building materials to establish what could only be described as a fortified colony with a temporary airstrip much like the US used in the Second World War as they island hopped through the Pacific.

 

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The Norse Kingdom has begun the process of annexation on the island of Jan Mayen in the Arctic Circle. We are to establish a military and scientific outpost on the island.

 

Signed

HRH Frederik II

 

 

 

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Following a Ministry of War meeting regarding the BB-X program, it was determined that the earlier proposition for the BB-X program was well thought out, budgeted and designed. However, with the entire superstructure of the BB-X based around 'looking nice', rather than functionality, the decision of the Ministry of War was to implement the proposed changes on actual Iowa Class battleships. Furthermore, it was decided that the ship would not be nuclear powered, but by modernised boiler turbines. A final refinement was made and that was to increase the cannon size from 12'/55 to 14'/55 calibre rifled cannons.

 

Likewise, the decision to construct and commission ten of the ships, newly designated as the Frederik II class battleship followed the Ministries decision. The hulls would be laid down immediately.

 

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Specifications

 

Displacement: 45,000 tons standard / 58,000 tons maximum load

Length: 880'

Beam: 108'

Draft: 35'

Propulsion: 4 screws; General Electric geared steam turbines

Speed: 33 Knots

Range: 14,890 miles

Compliment War: 1,500 sailors

Armament:

    6x 12"/55 cannons
    8x 76mm OTO Melara RF guns
    6x 20mm Phalanx CIWs
    192x Mark 57 missile cells
    4x RIM-116 Launchers (84 Missiles)

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The Ministry of War began the process of establishing a national aerial defence grid which would protect the Kingdom from attacks from enemy aircraft and missiles.

 

In hardened and easily defended locations around Iceland, OTH Radar stations would be constructed to offer, when completed and linked, 360' detection of ranges up to two thousand miles. The AN/FPS-118 OTH system was used by the former United States and Canada during the Cold War. The positioning of the stations would be directional to the compass points. The resulting 'hole' in the center would be covered by a fifth station which would offer a 360' detection radius to cover the center. To suppliment the radar network, Synthetic Apature Radar stations would be constructed as well as SAR satellites launched. Mobile radar networks would be established through the use of vehicle mounted AESA emitters to ensure the static radar network, if disabled in a war, will only be down for a limited time before the mobile network connects and re-establishes coverage for the hole. Furthermore, infrared, thermographic and optical sensors would be established in key locations of the radar network where the probability of holes is highest. These facilities would be heavily protected by air defences and missile defences.

 

The mobile radar network would operate directly alongside the static positions, but be attached to the mobile units of the air defence forces. Working seperately from regular ground forces, they would be attached to the Norse Air Force or 'NAF' for short.

 

The primary units of the ADF would be made up of MIM-104 Patriot batteries, S-400 SAM units, Buk mobile SAM's, ASRAD-R  surface to air systems and Crotale NG (VT-1) surface to air systems.

 

As part of the multi-layer strategy of detection, E-3 Sentry aircraft would patrol Norse skies, the North Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans. One squadron of Tu-160 Blackjacks would always be in the sky at any one time as endurance first response air patrols. The Blackjacks would be outfitted with an AESA RADAR system and a Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod to give greater RADAR data and positive target identification, autonomous tracking, coordinate generation, and precise weapons guidance from extended standoff ranges, the addition of more hard points on each bomber allowed the aircraft to carry twenty long range air to air missiles, most notably, the AIM-54 Phoenix. The Blackjacks primary patrol routes would keep it over Iceland and its waters.

 

Using the land based radar systems extreme range and multi-layered composition, these same networks which would keep eyes over the Northern Skies, would also keep watch of the Northern Oceans.  This duel purpose led to the development of the Naval Defence Initative. the main long range coastal defences fell in the form of anti ship ballistic missiles. Mounted on TEL's, the ASBM's would be deployed in batteries along the coastlines, kept hidden using the geography and natural foliage not to mention camouflage nets. Once established, they would relocate at a random basis to prevent any observational patterns taking place which would identify them and make them easy to target. Supporting this defence system and the radar network, specialized satellites would be deployed to assist the targeting and fire support systems of the ASBM's. Electro Optical satellites, further SAR satellite and a dozen NOSS satellites. In addition for a more sustainable long range defence, Gryphon Transporter Erector Launcher batteries would also take positions, trying to remain hidden as best possible and moving at random to prevent patterns. These would use TASCMs against enemy warships. For close in coastal defence, Harpoon block III's would be mounted on the back of military trucks in quad launchers. These Harpoon Trucks would work closer to the coastline. These closer systems of defence would also move around randomly to prevent any sort of pattern emerging that would make them easier to attack and destroy.

 

In addition to the long and short range defences, Naval Strike Missile launchers would be developed in static, hardened 'pop up' fortifications, as well as by quad box launchers on vehicles, but primarily, they would be deployed by the air force. The all round general anti naval defence however, would come in the form of the BrahMos missile, which would be used by all branches of the military, but mainly but land based army forces tasked with coastal defence. SOM Cruise Missiles would be likewise deployed, but by the air force.

 

P-3 Orion aircraft would patrol the coastal skies continually searching for any submerged threat to the Kingdom until the SOSUS network which was being laid around Iceland was completed, and extended out into the GIUK Gap as far as possible without breaching the territorial sovereignty of Britain or Ireland.

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Equipment of the Norse Armed Forces:

 

Small arms:

Glock

SA-80A2

M249 light machine gun

L86A2 light machine gun

M107 Sniper Rifle

L115A3 Long range sniper rifle

 

Machine Guns:

General Purpose Machine Gun (GMPY)

Browning .50 Caliber Machinegun

 

Grenades:

M67

 

Artillery:

155mm GH 52 APU field artillery platform

155mm Archer artillery system

Pzh 2000 Self Propelled Howitzer

AS90 Self Propelled Artillery

M777 howitzer

L118 light gun

82mm Mortar

 

Rocket Artillery:

Multiple Cradle Launcher

M270 MLRS system

 

Air Defence Systems:

MIM-104 Patriot

S-400 SAM

Buk mobile SAM

ASRAD-R

Crotale NG (VT-1)

 

Coastal Defence Systems:

DF-21 Anti Ship Ballistic Missile (TEL Launcher)

Tomahawk Anti Ship Cruise Missile (TEL Launcher - Gryphon)

Harpoon Block II Anti Ship Missile (Box launcher - vehicle mounted)

Naval Strike Missile (Vehicle mounted/aircraft mounted)

BrahMos Cruise Missile (TEL Launcher/vehicle mounted/aircraft mounted)

SOM Cruise Missile (Aircraft Mounted)

 

Armour:

Leopard 2A7 (Main Battle Tank)

CV90 (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)

Stryker (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)

Puma (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)

Marder (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)

LAV-25 (Light Armoured Vehicle)

AAV-P7/A1 (Amphibious Assault Vehicle)

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CVBG Icelandic Fury:
x2 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier

x1 America Class Helicopter Carrier

x1 San Antonio Class Assault Ships

x3 Frederik II Class Battleship

x3 Ticonderoga Class Cruisers

x5 Shivalik Class Frigates

x3 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers

x3 Virgina Class SSNs

 

CVBG Northern Wind:

x1 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier

x1 America Class Helicopter Carrier

x1 San Antonio Class Assault Ships

x2 Frederik II Class Battleship

x3 Ticonderoga Class Cruisers

x5 Shivalik Class Frigates

x3 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers

x3 Virgina Class SSNs
x6 Sa'ar 5 Class Corvettes

 

CVBG Mjölnir:
x1 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier

x1 America Class Helicopter Carrier
x1 San Antonio Class Assault Ships

x2 Frederik II Class Battleship
x3 Ticonderoga Class Cruisers

x5 Shivalik Class Frigates
x3 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers

x3 Virgina Class SSNs
x6 Sa'ar 5 Class Corvettes

 

First Expeditionary Strike Group

x1 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier

x1 Frederik II Class Battleship

x4 America Class Helicopter Carrier
x3 San Antonio Class Assault Ships

x3 Arliegh Burke Class Destroyers
x5 Shivalik Class Frigates
x4 Sa'ar 5 Class Corvettes

 

Second Expeditionary Strike Group

x1 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier

x1 Frederik II Class Battleship

x4 America Class Helicopter Carrier
x3 San Antonio Class Assault Ships

x3 Arliegh Burke Class Destroyers
x5 Shivalik Class Frigates
x4 Sa'ar 5 Class Corvettes

 

Third Expeditionary Strike Group:

x1 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier

x1 Frederik II Class Battleship

x3 America Class Helicopter Carrier

x3 Arliegh Burke Class Destroyers
x5 Shivalik Class Frigates
x4 Sa'ar 5 Class Corvettes

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With the expedition to the Indian Ocean over due to the nuclear strikes on the homeland, the fleet would be ordered back to assist in the humanitarian efforts across Iceland. It would take around six weeks due to the damage inflicted on the ships, luckily, none had been sank, but the damageto the carrier was catastrophic and it would only be able to sail at a very slow speed.

 

Iceland

The island was in ruins and the entire military had been deployed to assist in search and rescue whilst the vast civilian population who were lucky not to be caught in the attacks rallied together to begin clearing debris. Using the military as a lead, vast convoys of trucks would be heading into and out of the affected cities with the debris to make space.

 

Helicopters were deployed to deliver humanitarian aid to the hardest to reach places and a National Disaster Relief Agency was established to co-ordinate the efforts of the domestic forces, and foreign aid distribution.

 

The Norse Kingdom had made its first steps on the long road to recovery, but as a direct response to the nuclear strikes against them, a new doctrine was being created by the Ministry of War.

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The nuclear explosions removed the element of clearing bodies for the most part, or so was the prevailing theory behind the NDRA's method of clean up. However, it soon became apparent that many people had died inside buildings as they collapsed, trapped in the metro tunnels and so on. Those in the metro tunnels who had not died, were now emaciated and starving in the tunnels, trapped as rescue workers and soldiers worked in shifts to maintain the effort twenty four hours a day.

 

Two weeks later

 

Vast fields of dead surrounded what remained of the obliterated cities, body bags flapping silently in the wind as tens of thousands of men and women simultaniously left the disaster zones for rest, and entered them for another gruelling shift in the ruins. The scale of the disaster was now becoming more apparent now that the smoke had cleared and the fires put out and the only option left was mass graves and lime. The metro tunnels had been the worst, there had been no survivors by the time the first teams made it into the tunnels.

 

Disease had been kept at bay and humanitarian supplies were regularly getting to the survivors and the herculean people of the Kingdom spearheading the clean up.

 

The extra 20,000 marines who had returned to the destruction of their homeland from the South Indian further bolstered efforts and provided 20,000 fresh and strong hands to aid distribution, body clearence, debris clearence and upholding the recently enacted martial law.

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The dead had been cleared and buried in the six weeks following the nuclear attacks and now near endless convoys of flatbeds, trucks, dump trucks left the disaster areas to designated areas to dispose of the debris. In the cleared areas of the cities, prefab walls were erected to seal off the dangerous zones and CRBN forces would begin sweeping the most dangerous areas and begin to clean down any remaining radiation to safer levels. The radiation was minimal for the most part due to the airburst nature of the weapons, but some areas were paticularly dangerous and it would take decades to be safe, even after CRBN teams had 'cleansed' them.

 

In the Governments temporary seat of Government onboard the flagship of the fleet, HMS Frederik II, the only completed battleship in the fleet which had just returned from the South Indian, plans were begining to be put together for the reconstruction of a singular megacity on the former site of Reykjavik. But it would not be put into practice until the remaining units in the military had completed production to ensure that the nation would be under the maxmimum protection until such a time that the Kingdom had regained its legs which had been so brutally cut out as it was learning to walk.

 

Aid convoys were arriving daily from nations around the world who extended their kindness in the form of medicines, food and water. In the begining there had been several riots which had to be put down by the army, but as more miliary units were freed up from the disposal of bodies, more and more were assigned to law enforcement duties and dfending aid centers and as time had passed things got more organized and a routine had taken shape, a sense of universal community had taken hold of the Norse people as they worked together for the future.

 

 

Jan Mayen Island

 

The prefab buildings had been established and heavier equipment was being flown to the island for deep excavation. The small military garrison had begun erecting walls around the outpost to establish a secure compound from bears and other dangerous wildlife, as well as an attempt to take away some of the harsh winds that would blast the outpost when winter arrived.

 

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The Navy reached full capacity with the exception of the battleships, which would enter service one a month, for the next nine months. The airforce however, had reached full capacity and was operating at one hundred percent strength.

 

The navy and airforce would enact a two hundred nautical mile exclusion zone around Iceland and prevent all shipping and aircraft with the exception of pre-chartered humanitarian convoys from entering the zone to make port. A notice of this development would be dispatched to all of the worlds Governments apart from Japan, whom the Kingdom was still officially in a state of war with.

 

Preparations were made for a punitive expedition to a nearby Island which would be lead by the Third Expeditionary Strike Group.

 

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Icelands recovery was moving at a snails pace following the level of devestation which was only now becoming apparent as temporary housing from prefab units began springing up on the outskirts of the exclusion zones. Vast supply depots were now established behind fortified perimeters for food and water distribution and now prefab schools had been constructed to continue the education of the nations youth. Whilst an abnormal normality was returning, what was left of the great cities were bulldozed and and flattened to allow the redevelpment of the super city.

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Jan Mayens development was proceeding at an excellent pace. With the compound now up and running on a low capacity basis, a further one hundred and twenty eight paratroopers and a company of engineers would be flown out to the island to begin the process of fortifcation and the development of an OTH radar station to watch the arctic north for wayward ballistic missiles from over the Pole.

 

A patriot missile battery and several BUK batteries however would be established on the island as well as several harpoon batteries.

 

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Most of the hardware was now installed in fortified locations on the Island to offer maximum range and coverage, with mobile radar emitters being used until the full network had been constructed and installed. The three companies of paratroopers and one company of engineers would begin working on further strengthening the compound walls and watch towers as well as the main gates.

 

Fashioned primarily after the Roman military fortresses of the European continent around 40-43 AD, they offered a simple, yet strong defence against most attackers who lacked heavy weaponry as well as roaming animals such as polar bears, which would not be killed unless they posed a direct threat to life given their endangered status.

 

Work would begin on a fortified highway down to the coastline where a small harbour was taking shape, big enough to berth a single battleship or two small container ships, but until that was completed, the remaining heavy equipment would be flown in from Iceland. Componants for heavy mining tools, tunnelers and excavators would all be flown in to begin the early stages of a vast sub surface complex.

 

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The radar station was completed and activated and in turn, offered a massive boost in the scope of Icelands defences for cross-polar detection. With a range of two thousand miles and a 360 degree set of eyes on the sky, anything entering Europe over the Poles would be detected. Furthermore, the range of the radar would be able to detect anything coming in from Greenland, Gibraltar and even Kamchatka when the rest of the supporting satellites were launched. Whilst the stations in Iceland themselves had ranges that reached further south, the overlap for 90% of the coverage would provide a far superior picture for northern anomolies.

 

The development of the harbour was hindered as bad weather set in, bringing all surface work and coastal work to a complete halt until it passed.

 

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As the Imperium has been forced to recover from a nuclear war before, we are prepared to offer you white peace, due to your internal recovery being much more of a priority we would assume at this time.

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As with all things being developed in the far north, weather played a huge role in its progress and with the present bad weather setting in for a considerable amount of time, nearly all surface work was abandoned until it passed, with the primary focus now on subsurface operations with the excavating equipment.

 

The end game was to eventually have a bunker network that was hardened to defend against the most devestating attacks. It would have enough space to provide beds for five hundred soldiers and fifty scientists, a geothermal plant to provide indefinate energy, an armoury and an even deeper set of bunkers and tunnels for experimentation of the nefarious variety.

 

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Work continued at a rapid pace in the aftermath of the storms, work to repair the primitive structures that were only half built when the weather hit, and then to finish off the surface work in a fast and orderly manner.

 

After two more weeks the surface prefabs had been finished and wired up, and in a final act of ceremony, the flagpole was raised and the Norse flag would fly over Jan Mayen island, solidifying the annexation of the island.

 

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The Kingdoms best architects had been working feverisly to complete the design of the new Reykjavik, the supercity which would be built over the land formerly occupied by the now bulldozed city. Estimated to take nearly ten years to complete work began as soon as possible.

 

With most survivors of the nuclear attacks now unemployed, they were drafted into the herculean effort in the reconstruction of the city in exchange for higher food rations. Those with other skills would take up positions to benefit the overall effort. By the end of the year, it was projected that every person over sixteen and under sixty would be working in one way or another towards rebuilding the Norse State.

 

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The entire navy with the exception of CVBG Icelandic Fury would be deployed to the North sea and the Norwegian sea, taking up patrol patterns 200 miles off the coastline of Sverige. Their orders would be to sieze or if the situation arose, sink, any Swedish vessel on the open seas as part of a naval blockade to strangle Sweden.

 

CAPs would run over the warships from the numerous carriers to ensure no surprise attacks could befall the Norse fleets.

 

Notification was sent to Great Britain with details of the Norse fleets patrol zones to avoid any mishaps such as collisions or confrontation as well as an assurance that the Norse people mean no harm to the British people. A storage container of Hákarl was sent to the Government as a gift of good will.

 

Public Announcment

 

With the ongoing dispute over the historical lands of the Norse Kingdom between ourselves and Sweden, we are enacting a policy of blockade against the Swedish nation.

 

All ships trying to leave or enter Swedish waters will be siezed or sunk. Shipping within the Baltic will not be molested and Baltic nations will be left unhindered.

 

This blockade is indefinate and any state attempting to breach this blockade will lose every ship sent to run it. If Sweden will not relinquish our historical territories and insists on revisionist history, then we will choke it into submission.

 

We are willing to negotiate at any point, but the longer this blockade must be upheld, the more the Swedish people will suffer.

Edited by Zoot Zoot
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